Yoga and Kids

Neck and shoulder still sore. Decided best to keep it moving so went to yoga.

Had a good class but took it easy trying to stretch and straighten the stiffness.


At the junior training I decided on a session we had not done for a while that Jude had come up with a year or two ago.

We went the long way down (through the forest) to Dawsholme hill near the dump. Then timed the kids running up for 25 seconds whereupon I blow the whistle and they turn and run back down.

The idea is that they cross the start/finish line at 50 seconds therefore taking same time up and down. They also count their footfalls to try and match their strides up and down. It is a good alternative hill session where the emphasis is not on an all out effort but a 'thinking steady effort'. Anyone who has run a race knows how hard it can be to think with a few miles in the bag! It's also good to see their faces when they realise that it is really hard to run DOWN the hill as fast as they can run UP it!

All in all I ran about 3 miles with the kids but then due to meetings didn't manage further run.